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1zint(1)                     General Commands Manual                    zint(1)
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NAME

6       zint - Encode data as a barcode image.
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SYNOPSIS

9       zint [ OPTIONS ] [ -d DATA ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       zint  takes input data from file or directly from the user to encode in
13       a barcode which is then output in a specified image file.
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15       This manpage is a guide to the options available from the zint  command
16       line interface only.
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OPTIONS

19   General Information
20       -h, --help
21              Print usage information summerising command line options.
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23       -t, --types
24              List symbol types and codes supported.
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26   Input Control
27       -i, --input=FILE
28              Obtain data from FILE (assumes UTF-8 encoding by default). Use a
29              single hyphen (-) to capture from standard input.
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31       -d, --data=DATA
32              Process literal data given by DATA (assumes  UTF-8  encoding  by
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35       --gs1  Treat input data as GS1 encoded data with square brackets delim‐
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38       --data Treat input data literally. In  most  cases  this  assumes  that
39              input data is Latin-1 formatted.
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41   General Processing Options
42       -b, --barcode=BARCODE
43              Set  the barcode standard which will be used to encode the data.
44              BARCODE is a numerical representation as shown by the -t option.
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46       --secure=NUMBER
47              Set the error correction level for the barcode symbol.
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49       --vers=NUMBER
50              Use version NUMBER for creating QR Code symbols.
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52       --primary=STRING
53              Set the primary message for Maxicode symbols or  the  main  body
54              data for composite symbols.
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56       --mode=NUMBER
57              Set the encoding mode for Maxicode and composite symbols.
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59       --init Add reader initialisation (FNC3) characters to Code 128 symbols.
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61   Direct output data
62       -o, --output=FILE
63              Write  output  image  to  FILE  Image type is determined by file
64              extension (.png, .svg or .eps).
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66       --directpng
67              Send output to standard output as  a  portable  network  graphic
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71              Send  output  to  standard  output as an encapsulated postscript
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75              Send output to standard output  as  a  scalable  vector  graphic
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78       --dump Output  a  textual representation of the generated image instead
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81   Adjust output image
82       --height=HEIGHT
83              Set height of adjustable height symbols to HEIGHT times  of  the
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86       -w, --whitesp=NUMBER
87              Set  the  whitesapce (to the side of the symbol) to NUMBER times
88              the x-dimension of the symbol.
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90       --border=NUMBER
91              Set the border width (on all sides  of  the  symbol)  to  NUMBER
92              times the x-dimension of the symbol.
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94       --box  Add a boundary box (in foreground colour) around the symbol.
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96       --bind Add  boundary  bars (in foreground colour) to the top and bottom
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99       -r, --reverse
100              Set colours to generate a white symbol on a black background.
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102       --fg=COLOUR
103              Set the foreground (ink) colour. Input is  given  in  six  digit
104              RRGGBB hexadecimal format.
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106       --bg=COLOUR
107              Set  the  background (paper) colour. Input is given in six digit
108              RRGGBB hexadecimal format.
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110       --scale=NUMBER
111              Increase the size of  the  output  image  to  NUMBER  times  the
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114       --rotate=NUMBER
115              Rotate a PNG image by NUMBER degrees clockwise. Valid values are
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119              Set the number of columns of data, and hence the width, of  cer‐
120              tain types of symbol such as PDF417.
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122       --notext
123              Override  the  default  settings  and supress inclusion of human
124              readable text in the generated image.
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126       --square
127              Force Data Marix symbols to use square shaped symbols.
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INPUT FORMATTING

130       When entering data using the -d option the following escape  characters
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133       \0 - Null
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135       \E - End of Transmission
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137       \a - Bell
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139       \b - Backspace
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141       \t - Horizontal Tab
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143       \n - Line Feed
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145       \v - Vertical Tab
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147       \f - Form Feed
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151       \e - Escape
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153       \G - Group Separator
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157       Input which requires GS-1 formatting should use square brackets to sep‐
158       arate Application Identifiers from the data. For example:
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BUGS

163       Please send  bug  reports  to  <  zint-barcode@lists.sourceforge.net  >
164       rather than the project author so that they can be tracked properly.
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AUTHOR

171       Robin Stuart <robin@zint.org.uk>
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175version 2.4.1                     08 Oct 2010                          zint(1)